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Chinese Character/Word:

Definition(s) for: 燥

Hanzi Pinyin Definition(s)
燥 zào - dry; parched
- impatient; vexed
- (bound form) (Taiwan pr. [sao4]) minced meat

List Ranking for: 燥

Where rank 1 is most common, and higher numbers are less common.

HSK 2 Level (2012) HSK 3 Band (2025) SUBTLEX-CH BeijingUni Global BeijingUni Weibo
- - 19,043 11,362 6,026

Character Breakdown:

Decomposition:

⿰ 火 喿

Radical:

火

Type:

Pictophonetic

Phonetic:

喿

Semantic:

火

Hint:

Fire

Other Words Containing 燥

Sorted by the 'SUBTLEX-CH' rank because that seems like the most reliable. Words without a SUBTLEX-CH rank are ignored for being too rare.

Word HSK 2 Level (2012) HSK 3 Band (2025) SUBTLEX-CH BeijingUni Global BeijingUni Weibo
干燥 4 6 10,578 5,488 3,854
枯燥 6 6 10,965 14,890 10,310
燥 - - 19,043 11,362 6,026
干燥剂 - - 67,463 83,284 60,762